Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Their state Supreme Court actually held to the people’s will, sort of.

On Tuesday, May 26th, The Foundry reports, “the California Supreme Court disappointed advocates of same-sex marriage by concluding that Proposition 8 was a valid exercise by California voters of their right to amend their constitution. Today’s decision means Prop. 8 stands as an important victory for the 7 million Californians who worked hard to protect marriage as the union of husband & wife..."

Don’t remember Proposition 8? A little history then…See, one of the best Unintended Consequences of November’s election was that a “ban on gay marriage [aka Proposition 8] passed in CA, AZ & FL.” The delicious irony is that the Left’s insatiable drive to elect Mr. Obama led to the success of Prop. 8. It won “largely due to the turnout of African Americans -yes, Obama voters largely- who are not up for any kind of massive shift to the left, it seems.”

The price of the measure's success, however, has been high. The Foundry reminds us: “many individuals and institutions that supported Proposition 8 have been targeted for reprisals and intimidation. Some Prop 8 supporters have been pressured out of their jobs; some have had their businesses targeted…churches have been vandalized…and suspicious white powder was sent to certain Mormon temples. [Also] some individuals who supported Prop 8 have even received death threats.”

Which brings me to Unintended Consequence of November’s election #2 & the “I think” part of the Court’s decision: “The election of Mr. Obama has sewn up a seam between the Far Left fringe & the left-of-center. The Far Left has…poured in torrents onto the Culture War battlefield…Their actions have been worse than vandalism & protesting, friends. It's domestic terrorism…Do they believe they're entitled, because they identify w/ the most left-wing presidential candidate we've ever seen?” It’s a question that at least bears some thought, if not outright endorsement.

Meanwhile back at the Court, while the Justices were magnanimous enough to yield to the will of the people from hence forward, they ruled as valid“the 18,000 same-sex marriages performed before Prop 8 passed.” So, while the will of the people was heard in part, it seems that the Court has left some cards on the table. With the world watching, they were forced to play by the rules of the game (We won!), but then allowed cheaters to win anyway (I think).

Where does that leave us, folks? Still on the battlefield; with a war for the essence of our culture – the very soul of our dear nation - in front of us.

But today, let’s say a big THANKS to the California Supreme Court! As for the “I think;” we’ll just address that tomorrow…

Such "marriages" will never be valid in the court that really matters in the end, God's court. When the government and even "churches" start giving validity to such unions, it only helps to drive the nail of deception even further.

"Some Prop 8 supporters have been pressured out of their jobs; some have had their businesses targeted…churches have been vandalized..."

I am reminded of when Lot addressed the men in Sodom, "...do not so wickedly." They responded, "...now we will deal worse with thee..."

After referring to the Constitution I believe the California Supreme court did the only and perhaps the first constitutional judgment out of that court.

For once you give a right, you cannot take it away from somebody,so the marriages,as sickening as it may be,must stand. However, the amendment to the state constitution will prevent from any further marriages from happening...for now.

SD~ You're welcome for the comments. So glad you came by & please do come back!

Bryan~ "Such 'marriages' will never be valid in the court that really matters in the end, God's court. When the government and even "churches" start giving validity to such unions, it only helps to drive the nail of deception even further." Indeed.

Joe! Inconsistency - apparently so. Is that why maybe the 'let's redefine marriage' activists thought they had a good chance w/ this??

Sotomayor is a RACIST- a Female RACIST- a Latino RACIST-a Diabetic RACIST- a Judicial RACIST. We have the Boy-King and his band of thugs telling the Right to "tread softly" and "be very careful" .TYPICAL threatening, Socialist behavior- good job, little B.O. butt-lickers -voting THAT PIG in.And the Leftist DIMWITS like to constantly call the Right "irrelevent"- must be the favorite new word in their window -licker class.The right should show as much courtesy to this nominee as the Left- in their typical, lying vicious has shown ours.Don't worry-we'll take this country off your hands next election-it's obvious you can't run this and wipe yor ass at the same time.Let's see, the Liberals had no problem attacking Clarence Thomas - a black, Sarah Palin - a woman, Alberto Gonzalez - Hispanic. They were joined by the media who welcomed the opportunity of assisting the Liberal cause by ganging up on the Conservative candidates. But for some unbeknown reason, the Conservatives are now being "advised" by the Socialist that they ought to be concerned about being PC.Does anyone see something morally wrong with this picture??

bjv~ I can see you're very passionate about the issue you're commenting on. Please note that the CALIFORNIA state Supreme Court is what I wrote about; nothing to do w/ Sotomayor. That's for another day, perhaps, & a different post.

African-Americans are not a one-issue group--that's a rather patronizing view of our fellow Americans.

There are plenty of African Americans who support gay marriage, btw.

We all know the reason Prop 8 passed in CA is that there was a influx of millions and millions of dollars from certain groups to push for its passage, and it worked. That, and the religious people who wish to impose their religious ideas on free people.

It is, afterall, a religious idea that homosexuality is an abomination to god.

Z~ I'm proud of them too! And I will zip over to read your post right NOW!

Shaw~ Good questions. You've moved me to post today. Please see it!

Also, thanks on the tip about the troll. I suspected it, but I try to give first-time commenters the benefit of the doubt. And nice invitation for him/her...let's see if he/she wants to discuss or spew...

Bluepit~ ...and thank goodness for the Constitution! Thanks for the feedback.

dmarks~ "considering that an overwhelming majority of African-Americans in California voted for it. In fact, it might be true that the black vote pushed it over the top" That's what I mean 'delicious irony' of the Left's effort to vote in Mr. Obama.

I do find it curious that you say "African-Americans are not a one-issue group" b/c stats tell us that as a sociological entity, "they" indeed were - this past election (vote in the black guy), or so it seems. Also note, please, that two of my FAVORITE local Republican friends are black men, so I'm not patronizing. I'm observing the reality of the trend.

"We all know the reason Prop 8 passed in CA is that there was a influx of millions and millions of dollars from certain groups to push for its passage, and it worked." PRAISE GOD! Then we learned a little something from George Soros!

bluepit~ "I don't see stating a fact as patronizing." Yes, & it's not pleasant to be put in a corner when you're simply making non-value-laden observations, eh dmarks? "Obviously it's more than religion at work here" Yes again - morality, spiritual health, family health, cultural & social concerns/values, etc.

Thanks for the comments, all. If you're in the mood for more, please see 5-29 post. :)

ImHere~ Yes, because a Supreme Court Justice may have a say in a 'marriage' case - if it ever gets in front of them...would that we had a slate of Supreme Ct. Justices that we could count on to defend traditional American families. Thanks for the comment & coming by!

I've had several Christians tell me that same sex marriage is Ok. I ask them as Christians, how can they support same sex marriage.Their answer: "The Bible is not relevant in today's society". I don't understand their thought process at all. I decided they are "pick and choose" Christians, they pick bits and pieces out of the Bible to believe and quote but ignore the rest.

It's also important to know context - not so that we can say, "Oh, we don't live in that same context...it's not relevant," but that's so that individual passages can be understood within the 'full council of the Word of God'

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